Serena MCP: the IDE for your agent

latest · 1.5.3

A powerful toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities.

GitHub: oraios/serena
MCP registry: io.github.oraios/serena

Install

claude mcp add io-github-oraios-serena -- uvx start-mcp-server --project-from-cwd serena-agent

/mcp confirms it's connected.

Install

Or add it manually in ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-oraios-serena": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "start-mcp-server",
        "--project-from-cwd",
        "serena-agent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

In claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config), then restart:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-oraios-serena": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "start-mcp-server",
        "--project-from-cwd",
        "serena-agent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config entry, any MCP client:

{
  "command": "uvx",
  "args": [
    "start-mcp-server",
    "--project-from-cwd",
    "serena-agent"
  ]
}

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GitHub stars · 1 month ago: ★ 29.6K
Last commit · 1 month ago: today
Issue close rate · 1 month ago: 89%

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Mentions

Quotes2

Use the official Elixir Expert language server instead of the deprecated NextLS ↗
The NextLS repo is now deprecated and marked as archived since Aug 29th 2025 because the focus has shifted to working on the official language server for Elixir: Expert.
GitHub issue · @humberaquino · 4 reactions · 100% positive
Use --append-system-prompt for serena custom system prompt with Claude Code ↗
Oct 8th: Withdrawn.
GitHub issue · @BroadlyWhitaker · 1 reaction · 100% positive

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1.5.3release date unknown

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Status: listed
Source: Imported from the MCP registry
Repository: source ↗